A Palestinian citizen was killed and dozens others injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) heavily opened fire at peaceful protesters taking part in the Great March of Return along the border fence east of Gaza.

Gaza Ministry of Health said that Karim Kullab, 25, died after being shot east of Gaza city, while about 312 protesters suffered teargas inhalation and live ammunition wounds.

Thousands of Palestinians marched on 26th Friday of the Great March of Return along the border between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.

The PIC reporter said that Palestinian youths launched fire balloons and kites over the border fence and set dozens of car tires on fire to block the view of IOF snipers who were shooting at the protesters.

Over the past week, the IOF has killed 10 Palestinians and injured hundreds others during the daily protests of the Great March of Return.

Since the start of the Great March of Return in Gaza, 193 Palestinian civilians have been killed, including 32 children, and over 20,000 injured by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes.

The Great March of Return mainly calls for lifting Gaza blockade and for allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 as stipulated by UN resolutions, especially Resolution 194 which provides for return or compensation.

Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a young man, and injured 312 other Palestinians, including 54 with live fire, after the army attacked the Great Return March processions, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has confirmed that the soldiers killed Karim Mohammad Kollab, 25, after shooting him with live fire, east of Gaza city.

It added that the soldiers also injured 312 Palestinians, including 100 with live fire.

100 of the wounded Palestinians were rushed to hospitals in the Gaza Strip, while five of the injured residents suffered life-threatening wounds.The Health Ministry also said that among the wounded are twenty children and two women.

In related news, an Israeli tank fired a shell at Palestinian protesters near the perimeter fence, east of Gaza city, while an Israeli drone fired two missiles at a site, east of Gaza.

According to online Israeli daily Haaretz, the army carried out several air strikes in northern Gaza, and quoted the military alleging that a number of protesters “hurled explosives and grenades,” in addition to burning tires.

It added that one soldier was mildly injured by shrapnel, while firefighters extinguished six blazes caused by flaming balloons and kites, near the border area.

On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, the soldiers killed a Palestinian child, identified as Mo’men Ibrahim Abu Eyada, 15, after shooting him in the head while he was participating in a non-violent protest east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, the soldiers killed four Palestinians, at dawn and during evening hours, east of Khan Younis, and near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal in northern Gaza, and injured dozens of residents with live fire, in addition firing many gas bombs and concussion grenades causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

One Palestinian was killed and 41 were wounded by live Israeli fire, during protests at the Gaza border, on Friday, the Gaza Health Ministry said.Dr. Ashraf Al-Qadra, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health, reported that 41 different cases, including 30 injuries, were transferred to the hospital. Among the injuries were 21 live bullets, of which 3 were serious.

Al- Qadra said that Kareem Mohammed Kallob, 25, was shot by Israeli snipers while participating in the Great Return March, near the border fence, east of Gaza City.

Four of the wounded were said to be in serious condition. The Health Ministry said that 159 people were wounded altogether, of whom 55 required hospitalization.

Local sources said that Israeli tanks fired an artillery shell near a crowd of citizens, close to the border fence, east of Gaza City, while an Israeli drone fired two missiles at a site east of the city and its entire passage.

Over 180 Palestinians have been killed and thousands others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza border protests, on March 30. The protests call for ending the 12-year-long Israeli blockade of Gaza and for the right of return of the refugees.

An Israeli drone fired, on Thursday evening, a missile at Palestinians east of Gaza city, wounding one, while the soldiers shot six Palestinians, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.

Medical sources said one Palestinian suffered a moderate injury, after an Israeli military drone fired a missile at several young men, near the perimeter fence, east of Gaza city.

The sources added that the soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds at dozens of Palestinians, who approached the perimeter fence, east of Deir al-Balah, wounding six, before they were rushed to Al-Aqsa Hospital.

Media sources in Gaza said many Palestinians managed to reach the fence in several areas along the eastern part of the coastal region, and launched fireworks at the soldiers, who fired many live rounds.

The protesters also burnt tires, and released flammable balloons, while the military pushed more troops and armored vehicles along the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday night, a Palestinian child from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and injured many Palestinians in several parts of the coastal region.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers killed Mo’men Ibrahim Abu Eyada, 15, from Rafah, after shooting him with a live round in the head, east of the city.

According to Israeli Ynet News, the army said they “had no knowledge of any casualties or any live fire used by the soldiers,” and added that “only a very few officials were available for comments, because Israel was marking the Yom Kippur fast day.”

Furthermore, the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, and high-velocity gas bombs, at Palestinian protesters near the perimeter fence, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, wounding six Palestinians with live fire, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

The two Palestinians were rushed to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, while the medics provided the needed treatment to scores of Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to various cuts and bruises.

In addition, the soldiers attacked many protesters on Palestinian lands near Kissufim military base, northeast of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, moderate wounding eight after shooting them with live fire, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

Also on Wednesday, the soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men after they crossed the perimeter fence, in southern Gaza, and moved them to an interrogation facility.

The army said dozens of Palestinians “breached the fence from several parts of the Gaza Strip, and managed to return to the coastal region.”

On Tuesday, the soldiers killed four Palestinians, at dawn and during evening hours, east of Khan Younis, and near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal in northern Gaza, and injured dozens of residents with live fire, in addition firing many gas bombs and concussion grenades causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

The Health ministry in Gaza said Ahmad Omar and Mohammad Abu Naji, were killed on Tuesday evening, by Israeli army sharpshooters during a protest, against cutting UNRWA funding, near Eretz (Beit Hanoun) Crossing, in northern Gaza.

It added that Naji and Ala’ were killed at dawn, after an Israeli war jet fired a missile at them, east of Khan Younis.

Also on Tuesday, the soldiers killed Mohammad Yousef Sha’ban Oleyyan, 26, in the al-Misrara area, in occupied East Jerusalem, after he reportedly attempted to stab soldiers, and Mohammad Zaghloul al-Khatib, 24, was beaten to death by Israeli soldiers who invaded his home, in Beit Rima town northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank, while he was sleeping at dawn.

Meanwhile, the protesters managed to set fire to dozens of car tires in an

effort to block the view of Israeli snipers.

Since Wednesday afternoon, dozens of Palestinians gathered in the eastern fence of central Gaza Strip with Israel in order to join the ongoing popular Palestinian rallies known as The Great Return March.

The Great March of Return was launched on 30th March in five camps installed along Gaza's border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.

The march mainly calls for lifting the 12-year-long blockade on Gaza, and for allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 as stipulated by UN resolutions, particularly Resolution 194 which provides for return or compensation.

Since Gaza border protests started, 188 Palestinians have been killed, 27 of whom are children, and over 19,000 injured by the Israeli army.

Two Palestinians were killed and 46 injured on Tuesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled a peaceful demonstration near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing north of the Gaza Strip.

The PIC reporter said that thousands of Palestinian citizens demonstrated north of Gaza in the evening, adding that the march was part of the ongoing Great March of Return protests in the besieged area.

Ahmad Omar, 20

He said that the IOF attacked the unarmed demonstrators with live ammunition and teargas. Those injured were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.

According to Gaza Ministry of Health, the martyrs were identified as Mohammed Abu Naji, 34, and Ahmad Omar, 20.

Two Palestinian young men were pronounced dead late on Monday evening in an Israeli air strike rocking Khan Younis province, south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Red Crescent paramedics removed the bodies of two Palestinians killed east of al-Qarara, east of Khan Younis province, shortly after Israeli military warplanes hit the area.

The Israeli army prevented ambulances from reaching the scene for over one hour.

The Israeli military claimed in a statement that its warplanes struck gunmen as they came within the reach of the border fence, separating Gaza from territories occupied in 1948, and implanted a suspicious object.

Medical source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says that an 11-year-old boy, whose death during last week's Gaza protest was attributed to Israeli gunfire, 'died of a head injury'; evidence points to boy being killed by stone thrown during violent riots.

A medical source in the Palestinian Health Ministry backed away on Monday from an assertion that an 11-year-old boy killed at a protest on Friday at the border with Israel had been shot by Israeli soldiers.

"The boy died of a head injury," said the source, who asked not be identified, declining to give specifics and stopping short of attributing the death to Israeli gunfire. The boy was originally reported to be 14 years old.On Friday, Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the youth, Shadi Abdel-Al, had been shot dead by Israeli troops.

Two other Palestinians were killed during the weekly protest by Israeli live fire, local medics said on Friday. An Israeli military spokeswoman, asked on Monday about the circumstances of the boy's death and media reports that he had been killed by a stone thrown during the protest, referred Reuters to comments tweeted by the military's Arabic-language spokesman.

The spokesman tweeted that there were "increasing indicators from Gaza that question the credibility" of the Palestinian Health Ministry's original statement about the boy's death. "According to the indicators and testimonies, the boy was killed as a result of an injury from stones thrown during the violent riots," the spokesman wrote.

Since March 30, Palestinians pressing claims against Israel have mounted stone-throwing protests that have included attempts to breach the Israeli border fence with Gaza, run by the Islamist terror Hamas.In Friday's violent protests, the IDF said it used force necessary to prevent border breaches by some 13,000 Palestinians who massed at several points near the fence, some of them hurling rocks and fire bombs at troops under cover of smoke from burning tires.

Scores of protesters have been left injured on Monday evening after Israeli occupation forces violently attacked a maritime parade sailing off Gaza’s northern seashore, in a symbolic move seeking to lift the Israeli siege on the enclave.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said as many as 95 protesters have been left injured, including 26 with live ammunition.

A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers opened fire and teargas at the protesters north of Gaza’s seashore.

Palestinian anti-occupation youth moved into Zikim and seized a soldier’s weapon. Clashes broke out shortly afterwards.

Palestinians were attacked as they joined the eighth maritime parade

staged in the besieged Gaza enclave to push for lifting the Israeli siege on Gaza and speak up for the refugees’ right of return to their motherland.

Another young man was shot and injured with Israeli bullet fire east of Juhr al-Dick town.

Israeli soldiers fired, on Monday morning, many rounds of live ammunition at several Palestinian farmers, trying to work on their own lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Media sources said the soldiers fired many sporadic live rounds at the farmers, forcing them to leave their own lands, in fear of further Israeli escalation and violations.

They added that the shots were fired from several soldiers stationed in fortified military towers across the perimeter fence, in southern Gaza.

In related news, several armored military vehicles, including four D9 bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands near the perimeter fence in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, and started leveling sections close to the fence, while army drones flew overhead.